We'd like to share how Artisan’s women's premium program works in Rwanda.
Basics of how the program operates
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Cooperative agrees to pay $0.136/lb of the green
coffee price to the women’s group. The president of the women’s group signs the
green contract. We believe we may be the only importer where every contract at
origin is signed by a woman representing the women’s group, (along with the
signature of the president of the cooperative, who is typically male, but not
always).
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Artisan wires the women’s premium to the cooperative’s
USD account separate from other coffee payments. The cooperative’s leader is
required contractually to send Artisan a receipt showing the deposit to the local
currency account of the women’s group.
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The leaders of the women’s group agree on the amount,
timing and process for distribution of the cash to its members. This is
approved at an assembly of all group members. If the amount is small (<
$1,000) they may decide to use the funds for a community project instead of
direct cash distribution to each member. Documentation of the distribution of
funds is sent to Artisan and always available to roasters.
2018
General Assembly Celebration: Click here to view the YouTube
video
Click
here
to read our 2018 blogpost about the
day the premium is distributed.
Symbolic check given to Ejo Heza - $7,920 premium for the 2018 season.
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